AOpen AK77-600N manual

1 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l AK77-600N DOC. NO.: A K77600N-OL-E030 7B[...]

2 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l W W h h a a t t ’ ’ s s i i n n t t h h i i s s m m a a n n u u a a l l AK77-600N ..................................................................................................................................... 1 What’s in th is m anual ................[...]

3 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Supported CP U Frequen cy ........................................................................................................................................... 29 AOpen “Watch Dog ABS ” ....................................................................[...]

4 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l S/PDIF (So ny/P hilips Dig ital Inte rface ) Conne ctor .............................................................................. ........................... 52 Dr . LED Connector (U ser Upgrade Optiona l ).....................................................[...]

5 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Vivid BIOS techn ology ................................................................................................................................................... 75 Driver and Utilit y ......................................................................[...]

6 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l CNR (Communication and Networking Rise r) ................................................................................................................ 9 5 DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ..............................................................................[...]

7 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Modul e) ............................................................................................. ......................... 100 SDRAM (Sy nch ronous DRAM) .............................................................................[...]

8 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Y Y o o u u M M u u s s t t N N o o t t i i c c e e Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems In corporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademar ks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Inte l logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, [...]

9 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l B B e e f f o o r r e e Y Y o o u u S S t t a a r r t t This Online Manua l will introduce to the user how this product is in stalled. All u seful information will be de scribed in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system con[...]

10 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l O O v v e e r r v v i i e e w w Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-600N. The AK77-600N is AMD ® Socket 4 62 motherboard (M/B) based on the A TX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT600 chipse t . As high performance chip set built in the M/B, the AK77-600N come[...]

11 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l F F e e a a t t u u r r e e H H i i g g h h l l i i g g h h t t CPU Supports AMD ® So cket 462 series CPU with both 2 00/266/333/400 MHz EV6 Bus desig ned for Socket 462 techno logy . Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~3200 +(2.2[...]

12 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l LAN Port On the strength of RealT ek RTL8100BL controller on board, which is an high ly-integrated Platform LAN Conne ct device, it provides 10/100 Mbp s Ethernet for of fice and home use. Exp ansion Slot s Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 8X s[...]

13 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l On-board AC9 7 Sound AK77-600N uses the AC97 CODEC RealT ek ALC650 chip, which support s high quality of 5.1 Channe l audio effect s. This on-board audio in cludes a complete audio recording and playback system. Six USB 2.0 Conn ectors Provides six USB ports for [...]

14 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Power Mana gement /Plug and Pla y AK77-600N support s the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EP A) Energy S tar program. It also offers Plug-and-Play , which help s saving users from[...]

15 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Q Q u u i i c c k k I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n P P r r o o c c e e d d u u r r e e This page g ives you a quick procedure on how to in stall your system. Follow each step according ly . 1. Insta lling CPU and Fan 2. Insta lling System Memory [...]

16 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Motherboard Map Colored Ba ck Panel A TX Power Connector SYSF AN3 Co nnector AGP 8x Slot 462-pin CPU Sock et with V oltage and Fre quency Auto-De tection tha t support s AMD TM Athlon TM / Duron TM / and Athlo n TM XP (with CPU Overheat Protection circuit to Athl[...]

17 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l VIA KT600 Socket 462 AMD Athlo n/Duron/Ath lonXP CPU 100/133/16 6/200 MHz Syste m Bus DDR S D RA M S o c k et x 3 AGP 8X Slot VT8235-CD Serial Port x2 2 nd USB Port 1 st USB Port USB connector x6 32-bit PCI Slot x6 Parallel Port IDE Dri v e x4 ATA 66/100/133 DDR4[...]

18 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l H H a a r r d d w w a a r r e e I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n This chapter descr ibes jumpers, connectors and h ardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor , disk drives, expansion boards, a[...]

19 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A b b o o u u t t “ “ M M a a n n u u f f a a c c t t u u r r e e r r U U p p g g r r a a d d e e O O p p t t i i o o n n a a l l ” ” a a n n d d “ “ U U s s e e r r U U p p g g r r a a d d e e O O p p t t i i o o n n a a l l ” ” … … When yo[...]

20 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l C C P P U U I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n This motherboard support s AMD® Athlon XP , Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection fun ction implemented, th[...]

21 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exact ly be the same motherboard. Note: If you do no t match th e CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it ma y dama g e the CPU. 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU insta llation. CPU cut edge[...]

22 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l E E z z C C o o l l o o r r Breaking through tradit ional outlook of motherboard, AOpen now br ings you a new fresh look of mo therboard! – EzColor! Fancy? Y ou may think so, but actually it is a pra ctical and usef ul feature for amateur or eve n power-users. [...]

23 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Navy Blue: IDE 1 Connector Note: Colors sett ing varies on dif ferent motherboards, the color setting here applie s only to AK77-600N 1 SPEAKER IDE LED Power Switch ACPI & Power LED RESET Black: IDE 2 Connector[...]

24 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A O O p p e e n n O O v v e e r r h h e e a a t t P P r r o o t t e e c c t t i i o o n n ( ( O O . . H H . . P P . . ) ) T T e e c c h h n n o o l l o o g g y y With AMD plat form substan tially keep s increasing the speed of its CPU , it inevit ably led to th[...]

25 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l C C P P U U O O v v e e r r - - c c u u r r r r e e n n t t P P r r o o t t e e c c t t i i o o n n Over Current Protection has been popularly imp lemented on A T X 3.3V/5V/12V switching pow er supply for a while. However , new generation CPU is able to use regul[...]

26 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l E E n n l l a a r r g g e e d d A A l l u u m m i i n n u u m m H H e e a a t t s s i i n n k k Cool down CPU and Chip set is important for system reliability . Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better hea t consumption especially when y ou are trying to over [...]

27 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l F F u u l l l l - - r r a a n n g g e e A A d d j j u u s s t t a a b b l l e e C C P P U U C C o o r r e e V V o o l l t t a a g g e e This function is ded icated to overclockers. The CPU core volt age o f this motherboard is adjust able 1.10V to 1.85V by 0.05V [...]

28 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l S S e e t t t t i i n n g g C C P P U U F F r r e e q q u u e e n n c c y y This motherboard is CPU jumper-l ess design, you can set CPU freq uency through the BIOS setup, and no jumper s or switches are needed. BIOS Set up > Frequenc y/V oltage Contro l > [...]

29 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l S S u u p p p p o o r r t t e e d d C C P P U U F F r r e e q q u u e e n n c c y y Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clo ck x 2 CPU CPU Core Freq uenc y E[...]

30 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A O O p p e e n n “ “ W W a a t t c c h h D D o o g g A A B B S S ” ” With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very spec ial, useful feature for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST st atus. If it succeeded, th[...]

31 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l C C P P U U a a n n d d H H o o u u s s i i n n g g F F a a n n C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r ( ( w w i i t t h h H H / / W W M M o o n n i i t t o o r r i i n n g g ) ) Plug in the CPU fan ca ble to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector . If you have cha ssis fan, y[...]

32 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l D D I I M M M M S S o o c c k k e e t t s s This motherboard has three 184-p in DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to inst all DDR266/333 memory up to 3 GB and DDR400 memory up to 2GB. Non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Otherwise , it will cause serious damage on memory [...]

33 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l H H o o w w t t o o I I n n s s t t a a l l l l M M e e m m o o r r y y M M o o d d u u l l e e s s Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM modu le’s pin face d own and match the socket’ s size as depict[...]

34 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A T T X X P P o o w w e e r r C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r The A TX power supply uses 20-pin conne ctor shown below . Make sure you plug in the right direction. A A C C P P o o w w e e r r A A u u t t o o R R e e c c o o v v e e r r y y A traditional A T[...]

35 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Secondary Slave (4t h) Primary Master (1st) Primary Slave (2nd) Secondary Master (3rd) Pin 1 I I D D E E a a n n d d F F l l o o p p p p y y C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r Connect 34-pin f loppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC connector . [...]

36 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Tip : 1. For better signal quality , it is recommended to set the far end side device to master mode and fo llow the suggested sequence to insta ll your new device. Please refer to above diagram 2. T o achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA 66/100/133 hard dis[...]

37 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A T T A A / / 1 1 3 3 3 3 S S u u p p p p o o r r t t e e d d This motherboard support s ATA 6 6 , A T A100 or ATA 1 3 3 IDE devices. Following table list s the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two byt[...]

38 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r Suspend T ype ACP I L ED Power on Suspend (S1) Blinking between green and red Suspend to RAM ( S3) or Suspend to Disk (S4) Blinking between green and red Attach the pow er LED, speaker , [...]

39 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l I I r r D D A A C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r The IrDA connector can be configured to s upport wireless infrared module, with this modu le and application softw are such as Laplink or Windows 9 5 Direct Cable Connection, th e user can tr ansfer file s to or[...]

40 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A G G P P ( ( A A c c c c e e l l e e r r a a t t e e d d G G r r a a p p h h i i c c P P o o r r t t ) ) 8 8 X X E E x x p p a a n n s s i i o o n n S S l l o o t t The AK77-600N provides an AGP 8x slot. The AGP 8x is a bu s interface targeted for high-perform[...]

41 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l W W O O M M ( ( Z Z e e r r o o V V o o l l t t a a g g e e W W a a k k e e o o n n M M o o d d e e m m ) ) C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r This motherboard implement s special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both internal modem card and external box modem [...]

42 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l W W O O M M b b y y E E x x t t e e r r n n a a l l B B o o x x M M o o d d e e m m T raditional Green PC suspend mod e does not really turn o ff the system power supply , it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to a ctive. Note: This pi[...]

43 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l W W O O M M b b y y I I n n t t e e r r n n a a l l M M o o d d e e m m C C a a r r d d With the help of th e A TX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have a sy stem totally power off , and wakeup to automatically answ er a phone call as an answ ering machine or[...]

44 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l W W O O L L ( ( W W a a k k e e o o n n L L A A N N ) ) C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r This feature is very similar as W ake On Modem, but it goes t hrough local area network. T o use Wake On LAN fun ction, you must have a network card w ith chipset that sup[...]

45 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exact ly be the same motherboard. WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side)[...]

46 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l 1 1 0 0 / / 1 1 0 0 0 0 M M b b p p s s L L A A N N o o n n b b o o a a r r d d The South Bridge VT8235-CD includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of RealT ek RTL8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connec[...]

47 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l C C N N R R ( ( C C o o m m m m u u n n i i c c a a t t i i o o n n a a n n d d N N e e t t w w o o r r k k R R i i s s e e r r ) ) E E x x p p a a n n s s i i o o n n S S l l o o t t CNR is a riser card specifica tion to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem R iser) that[...]

48 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l USB2 Connector S S u u p p p p o o r r t t S S i i x x U U S S B B 2 2 . . 0 0 P P o o r r t t This motherboard provides six USB ports to conne ct USB devices , such as mou se, keyboard, modem, printer , etc. There are four connectors on the PC99 back panel. Y ou[...]

49 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l C C o o l l o o r r C C o o d d e e d d B B a a c c k k P P a a n n e e l l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, ser i al ports COM1 and COM2, RJ45 LAN Jack, Printer , USB, AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of th[...]

50 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l S S u u p p e e r r 5 5 . . 1 1 C C h h a a n n n n e e l l A A u u d d i i o o E E f f f f e e c c t t This motherboard come s with an ALC650 CODEC, which support s high quality of 5.1 Channel audio ef fects, bringing you a brand new audio experien ce. On the st[...]

51 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l F F r r o o n n t t A A u u d d i i o o C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r If the housing ha s been designed with an aud io port on the front p ane l, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front p anel through this conne ctor . By the way , please remove [...]

52 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l S S / / P P D D I I F F ( ( S S o o n n y y / / P P h h i i l l i i p p s s D D i i g g i i t t a a l l I I n n t t e e r r f f a a c c e e ) ) C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r S/PDIF (Sony/Philip s Digital Interface) is a newest audio trans fer file format, w[...]

53 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l D D r r . . L L E E D D C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r ( ( U U s s e e r r U U p p g g r r a a d d e e O O p p t t i i o o n n a a l l ) ) In conjunction with Dr . LED (User Upgrade Optional), which can easily show what kind of problem you may incur on y our[...]

54 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Dr . LED is a CD d isc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front p anel, t he size of Dr . LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy driv e, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive b ay of any housing. The total 8 LEDs light up a lternatively if the syste m [...]

55 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l C C a a s s e e O O p p e e n n C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intr usion-monitoring function. T o make this function work, you ha ve to enable it in the system BIOS, connect th is header to a sensor somewhere on t[...]

56 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l C C D D A A u u d d i i o o C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r This connector is used to connect CD Audio c able from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L CD-IN[...]

57 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A U U X X - - I I N N C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r This connector is used to connect MPEG Au dio cable from MPEG card to onb oard sound. AUX-IN R GND GND L[...]

58 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l G G a a m m e e P P o o r r t t B B r r a a c c k k e e t t S S u u p p p p o o r r t t e e d d This motherboard comes w ith a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. T o u se this function you have to have a joystick module an[...]

59 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l J J P P 1 1 4 4 C C l l e e a a r r C C M M O O S S D D a a t t a a J J u u m m p p e e r r Y ou can cle ar CMOS to restore system defau lt settin g. T o clear the CMOS, follow the procedures be low . 1. T urn off the sy stem and unplug the AC power . 2. Remove A[...]

60 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l J J P P 2 2 0 0 K K 7 7 H H o o s s t t C C l l o o c c k k S S e e l l e e c c t t i i o o n n This jumper is u sed to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if y ou are not an o ver-clocker , we recommend you to set it to the default[...]

61 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l J J P P 2 2 8 8 K K B B / / M M o o u u s s e e W W a a k k e e - - u u p p J J u u m m p p e e r r This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up fun ction. Y ou can use JP28 to enable or disable th is function, which could resume your system from suspend mo[...]

62 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l S S T T B B Y Y L L E E D D STBY LED is AOpen’ s considerate design that a ims at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED wi ll light up when power is provid ed to the motherboard. Th is is a convenient indication for you to check the system pow[...]

63 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A G G P P P P r r o o t t e e c c t t i i o o n n T T e e c c h h n n o o l l o o g g y y a a n n d d A A G G P P L L E E D D W W i i t t h h t t h h e e o o u u t t s s t t a a n n d d i i n n g g R R & & D D a a b b i i l l i i t t y y o o f f A A O O[...]

64 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l B B a a t t t t e e r r y y - - l l e e s s s s a a n n d d L L o o n n g g L L i i f f e e D D e e s s i i g g n n This Motherboard implement s Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to sa ve your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without using [...]

65 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l R R e e s s e e t t a a b b l l e e F F u u s s e e T raditional motherboard has fuse f or Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are so ldered onboard that user cannot replace it when it is damaged (did the job to protect motherbo[...]

66 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 μ μ F F L L o o w w E E S S R R C C a a p p a a c c i i t t o o r r The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resi stance) during high frequency opera tion is very import ant for the stability of CPU power . The idea of w here to p[...]

67 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l The power circuit of the CPU core vo ltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V , so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V .[...]

68 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l P P H H O O E E N N I I X X - - A A W W A A R R D D B B I I O O S S System p arameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setu p menu, this menu allows you to conf igure the system parameters and save the conf iguration into the 128 bytes CMOS area , (normally in[...]

69 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l H H o o w w T T o o U U s s e e P P h h o o e e n n i i x x - - A A w w a a r r d d ™ ™ B B I I O O S S S S e e t t u u p p P P r r o o g g r r a a m m Generally , you can use the arrow keys to high light items that yo u want to choose, then press <En ter&[...]

70 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Del H H o o w w T T o o E E n n t t e e r r B B I I O O S S S S e e t t u u p p After you f inish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cable s. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Pow er-On Self T est) . Choose "Load Setup[...]

71 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l W W i i n n B B I I O O S S U U t t i i l l i i t t y y In the pa st, users have to keep punching the DEL key at a good timing during POS T (Power-On-Self-T est) screen to get into the BIOS, which is inconvenient and clumsy . From now on, AOpen provides an easier[...]

72 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Note : Due to BIOS versions are upda ted in an extremely fast speed, it's strongly recommended to download the latest BIOS version and WinBIOS profile from our website upon receipt of the motherboard. Function keys: It’s def initely easy to handle WinBIOS [...]

73 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Caution: By up dating your motherboard, you are taking a r isk of BIOS flash failure. If your motherboard is working st able, and there are no major bugs that had been fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS. If you [...]

74 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Y ou may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it ’s STRONGL Y RECOMMENDED to close all the app lications before you st art the upgrading. 1. Dow nload the new version of BIOS p ackage zip file from AOpen official w eb si[...]

75 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l V V i i v v i i d d B B I I O O S S t t e e c c h h n n o o l l o o g g y y Have you been fed u p with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s ru le out the tradition idea that POST screen are stif f and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly develo[...]

76 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l D D r r i i v v e e r r a a n n d d U U t t i i l l i i t t y y There are motherboard drivers and utilitie s included in AOpen Bonus CD. Y ou don’t need to install all of th em in order to boot your system. But af ter you finish the hardware installation , you [...]

77 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g V V I I A A 4 4 i i n n 1 1 D D r r i i v v e e r r Y ou can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Window s NT use), VIA A T API V endor Support Driver , VIA AGP , IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA R[...]

78 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g A A u u d d i i o o D D r r i i v v e e r r This motherboard comes with RealT ek ALC650 AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. Y ou can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu[...]

79 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g U U S S B B 2 2 . . 0 0 D D r r i i v v e e r r This motherboard comes with USB2.0 fun ction. Y ou can in stall USB2.0 Driver under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Wind ows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run m en[...]

80 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g L L A A N N D D r r i i v v e e r r This motherboard comes w ith RealT ek RTL8100BL controller on board, which is a h ighly-integrated Plat form LAN connect device providing 10/1 00 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. Fo[...]

81 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l ******** ************* ************** *********** ************* ************** Instal ling drivers on Windows 95: (Golden version, Win95A and OSR2) ******** ************* ************** *********** ************* ************** 1. Ask you to select which driver yo[...]

82 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l [CD-ROM]:DriverLANRTL 8100WindowsNT (for NT 4.0) which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP .INF is located, and then choose the OK b utton. 6. The screen will appear " Select Line S peed" dialog box which is provided by RTL8139.SY S driver . [...]

83 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A O O C C o o n n f f i i g g U U t t i i l l i i t t y y A Open always dedicated to provide users a mu ch friendlier computer environ ment. We now brin g you a comprehensive system det ective utility . AOc onfig is a Windows based utility with user-fr iendly i[...]

84 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98 SE/ME, NT4.0/ 2000, or even the latest Windows XP . Please be informed that AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Meanwhile, all applications must be closed before st arting AOconfig[...]

85 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l T T h h e e n n o o i i s s e e i i s s g g o o n n e e ! ! ! ! - - - - - - - - S S i i l l e e n n t t T T e e k k As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing h igher and higher , it inevit ably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way . The way we de[...]

86 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l The first image y ou have here is the V oltage S tatus page. Y ou can find current status of all volt ages and set your expected margins of warning level. Y ou may check your system volt age from the indicating bar here. Of course, you may set your defaulted lowe[...]

87 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l 1. Smart FA N Control : This is the default setting of SilentT ek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special al gorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature. Ease-of-use an[...]

88 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l E E z z C C l l o o c c k k Have you ever thought how great it would be if you can adjus t the frequency setting on your motherboard under Windows environme nt and be a real master of your system? Everybody knows that th e ratio and frequency setting are key fact[...]

89 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l How Y ou Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility In EzClock utility , you can adjust CPU Front Side Bus (FSB), t he v oltage and frequency of VGA, AGP , PCI and DRAM. Besides, the CPU related information such as CPU voltage, temperature and CPUF AN rotation speed [...]

90 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l CPU Fan, V oltage and T emp erature: representing CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees. CPU Color Bars: The color bars will light on according to CPU operation tem p erature. Function Keys Description On the bottom rect[...]

91 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Current values of your sy stem Default settings of this motherboard The highlighted set ting value you manually How Y our Boot Screen Lo oks Like After you finish setting BIOS, th ese setting values will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown picture here[...]

92 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l G G l l o o s s s s a a r r y y A A C C 9 9 7 7 C C O O D D E E C C Basically , AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI soun d card . As we know , computer is digit al-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a pro cess to turn digi[...]

93 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l A A G G P P ( ( A A c c c c e e l l e e r r a a t t e e d d G G r r a a p p h h i i c c P P o o r r t t ) ) The main function of AGP simply put is to tell mo nitor what screen information had to be show n, a visual transmission device actually . With the rapid de[...]

94 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l and integrated dr ive controller and the co mputer's motherboar d. T wo drives (master and slave) are supported. The A T A specification al lows the drive to conne ct directly to the I SA bus on the co mputer . A T A transfer rate then had been developed to [...]

95 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l high transfer rate of 1MB /s, it also could be encrypted with pi n code. With hopping rate of 1600 hop s per second, it’ s difficu l t to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electrom agnetic wave. C C N N R R ( ( C C o o m m m m u u n n i i c c a a t t i[...]

96 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l E E C C C C ( ( E E r r r r o o r r C C h h e e c c k k i i n n g g a a n n d d C C o o r r r r e e c c t t i i o o n n ) ) The ECC mode need s 8 ECC bit s for 64-bit data . Each time memo ry is accessed; ECC bit s are updated and checked by a special algorithm. [...]

97 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l F F C C C C D D o o C C ( ( D D e e c c l l a a r r a a t t i i o o n n o o f f C C o o n n f f o o r r m m i i t t y y ) ) The DoC is component certif ication standard o f FCC EMI regulations. This st andard allows DIY component (such as motherboard) to apply Do[...]

98 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l I I E E E E E E 1 1 3 3 9 9 4 4 IEEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial dat a transfer protocol and interconnect ion system. The main feature of the Firewire that assures it s adoption for the digital video and audio (A/V) con sumer application is its [...]

99 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l P P C C I I ( ( P P e e r r i i p p h h e e r r a a l l C C o o m m p p o o n n e e n n t t I I n n t t e e r r f f a a c c e e ) ) B B u u s s Developed by Inte l, Peripheral Component Inter connect (PCI) is a local bu s standard. A bus is a channel used to tran[...]

100 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l P P S S B B ( ( P P r r o o c c e e s s s s o o r r S S y y s s t t e e m m B B u u s s ) ) C C l l o o c c k k PSB Clock means th e external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio R R D D R R A A M M ( ( R R a a m m b b u u s s D[...]

101 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l S S A A T T A A ( ( S S e e r r i i a a l l A A T T A A ) ) The Serial A T A spe cification is designed to overcome speed limit ations while enab ling the storage interface to scale w ith the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial A T A is to replace[...]

102 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l system automatica lly recognize the change . USB 2.0, which suppor t s data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days. V V C C M M ( ( V V i i r r t t u u a a l l C C h h a a n n n n e e l l M M e e m m o o r r y y ) ) NEC’s Vi[...]

103 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l T urn off the power an d unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cab les, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer . T T r r o o u u b b l l e e s s h h o o o o t t i i n n g g If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, fo[...]

104 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Install the VGA card. Then connect y our monitor and keyboard. Continue T urn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly . The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please cont act your reseller or local dis[...]

105 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Continue Press <Ctrl> and <A lt> key at the same time, ho ld them and then press <De l> to reboot the system. Check if there is display? No Ye s Perhaps y our VGA card or monitor is defective. Check if t he sys tem reboots? No It is very possib[...]

106 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l Continue During system rebootin g, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Check if the system ca n reboot successfully ? No The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself. End Ye s T urn off the sy stem and re-connec[...]

107 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l T T e e c c h h n n i i c c a a l l S S u u p p p p o o r r t t Dear Customer , Thanks for choosin g AOpen products. T o provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority . However , we receive numerous emai ls and phone-calls worldwide [...]

108 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l P P a a r r t t N N u u m m b b e e r r a a n n d d S S e e r r i i a a l l N N u u m m b b e e r r The Part Number and Serial number are printed on b ar code label. Y ou can find this bar code label on the out side packing, or on component side of PCB. For exam[...]

109 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l M M o o d d e e l l n n a a m m e e a a n n d d B B I I O O S S v v e e r r s s i i o o n n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen ( POST screen). For example: AK77-600N is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS vers[...]

1 10 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l P P r r o o d d u u c c t t R R e e g g i i s s t t r r a a t t i i o o n n Thank you for choosing AOpen prod uct. AOpen encourages you to spend few minut es in completing the following product registration. T o register your product will ensure the high qua li[...]

111 A A K K 7 7 7 7 - - 6 6 0 0 0 0 N N O O n n l l i i n n e e M M a a n n u u a a l l H H o o w w t t o o C C o o n n t t a a c c t t U U s s Please do not hesit ate conta ct us if you have any problem a bout our products. Any opinion will be appreciate d. Pacific R im AOpen Inc. T el: 886-2-3789-5888 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 America AOpen America In[...]